Catalent Agrees To Pay $78M To Settle Securities Suit

By George Woolston

Catalent Inc. agreed on Thursday to pay $78 million to settle a securities class action from a group of investors who alleged the vaccine manufacturer engaged in accounting and channel stuffing schemes and cut corners on safety to pad its revenues.

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Combs Accuser's Atty May Face Contempt Over AI Sanctions

By Rose Krebs

An attorney has been ordered to appear in New Jersey federal court to explain why he shouldn't be held in contempt for not complying with a sanctions order over an AI-hallucinated case citation he filed in his client's civil lawsuit against Sean "Diddy" Combs.

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Ex-Exec's Severance Fight Against Media Cos. Ends In NJ

By Carla Baranauckas

A New Jersey federal judge closed the books on a years-long severance dispute between A360 Media LLC, Bauer Media Group USA LLC and a former executive, after entering a sealed opinion and order terminating the case.

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NJ Panel Backs Cannabis License Denial Over Odor Concerns

By Jonathan Capriel

A New Jersey city's officials can deny a micro cannabis dispensary's license application based on concerns they have about the business's odor mitigation plan and consumption lounge, a state appeals court ruled, finding they acted within their discretion.

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Dispensary Owners Want Blank Rome DQed From Loan Suit

By Mike Curley

The owners of a New Jersey dispensary are asking a California federal court to disqualify Blank Rome LLP and its attorneys from representing a lender in a $1.6 million loan dispute, because the firm represented them as well and used confidential information in the lender's suit.

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Communal Streaming App Says IPhone Removal Monopolistic

By Bryan Koenig

Communal video streaming app Rave has filed five separate lawsuits against Apple, including in a New Jersey federal court, accusing the technology giant of booting it from iPhones and Macs under pretextual claims of fraud and spreading malware, which the app says were invoked to protect Apple's SharePlay and its iPhone monopoly.

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Roundup

Real Estate Recap: Biannual Reporting, NDAs, Q1 Spotlight

By Real Estate Authority Staff

Catch up on this past week's key developments by state from Law360 Real Estate Authority — including attorney insights into the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission proposal to shift companies to semiannual reporting, how data center backlash is playing out in nondisclosure agreements and the ebbs and flows of asset classes in quarter one.

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Brief

Coast Guard Awards $400M Deal For Training Center Upgrade

By Tom Lotshaw

The U.S. Coast Guard awarded a contract worth up to $400 million for upgrades to its training center in Cape May, New Jersey, and said the deal is the largest shore-based construction award in its history.

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Nike Customers Join Tariff Refund Class Action Trend

By Jack McLoone

A group of Nike customers on Friday joined the growing number of proposed class actions looking to secure legal rights to refunds of costs tied to President Donald Trump's now-invalidated global tariff regime, saying they were the ones who actually bore the costs.

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Canceled Solar Grants Suit In Wrong Court, Wash. Judge Hints

By Rachel Riley

A Washington federal judge on Friday hinted that she lacks jurisdiction over a multistate challenge to the federal government's cancellation of a solar energy project grant program, citing recent U.S. Supreme Court precedent indicating that a bid to reinstate the funding would belong in the Court of Federal Claims.

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Goliath Investors Add Companies To Alston & Bird Scam Suit

By Adrian Cruz

Months after suing Alston & Bird LLP for its alleged role in a $328 million cryptocurrency scam at Goliath Ventures Inc., a proposed class of investors added a number of financial institution defendants and claims to their original complaint.

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Trump Admin Says Mail-In Voting Suits Are Premature

By Carolyn Muyskens

The Trump administration asked a Massachusetts federal judge to dismiss challenges to the president's executive order limiting mail-in voting, saying it's premature to challenge the directive before any concrete steps are taken to implement it.

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Brief

BofA, Merrill Deferred Compensation Suit Kicked To NC

By Patrick Hoff

A suit alleging two Merrill Lynch financial advisers were deprived of their deferred pay belongs in North Carolina, a New Jersey federal judge ruled, siding with the wealth management company's argument that the workers' compensation agreements included a forum selection clause.

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3rd Circ. Rejects NJ Man's Bid To Revisit $40M Tax Conviction

By P.J. D'Annunzio

The Third Circuit has declined to reconsider upholding the conviction of a man who raked in $40 million from filing false tax returns.

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Notable Q1 Updates In Insurance Class Actions

Notable insurance class action decisions from the first quarter of the year included reminders about the statute of limitations as a key defense for claims relating to allegedly deficient forms, the importance of focus on the specific contract at issue and further guidance on the contours of Rule 23, says Kevin Zimmerman at BakerHostetler.

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The Ethics And Practicalities Of Representing AI Agents

With autonomous artificial intelligence agents now able to take action without explicit instructions from — or the awareness of — their human owners, the bar must confront whether existing frameworks like informed consent and client privilege will be sufficient on the day an AI agent calls seeking counsel, say attorneys at Morrison Cohen.

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Analysis

Trading Scheme Is A 'Wake-Up Call' For BigLaw Compliance

By Chris Villani

The breadth of a decade-long insider trading scheme prosecutors say was fueled by stolen BigLaw merger information should jolt firms to reexamine their practices to close gaps in internal security, experts told Law360, even if totally eliminating bad actors is nearly impossible.

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Quinn Emanuel Founder Exiting Executive Chair Role

By Tracey Read

Four decades after high-stakes litigation firm Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan first opened in Los Angeles, founding partner John B. Quinn is stepping down as executive chairman of the firm effective immediately.

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NY Ethics Panel Finds US Attorney Committed Misconduct

By Courtney Bublé

The New York Attorney Grievance Committee has found that President Donald Trump's pick leading the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of New York engaged in "professional misconduct" last summer, according to a letter released on Monday.

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Trump Taps 6 Judges, Including Picks Needing Blue Slips

By Courtney Bublé

President Donald Trump announced six judicial nominees on Monday, including picks for the Eighth and Tenth Circuits and two district court picks that needed support from Democrats.

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ChatGPT Suit Points To Ups And Downs Of Pro Se AI Use

By Cara Bayles

A recent lawsuit against OpenAI highlights many of the hopes and anxieties about pro se litigants using generative artificial intelligence to churn out legal arguments. The technology raises concerns about confidentiality, hallucinations and ethical issues, but some access-to-justice advocates worry the lawsuit may hinder technology that might democratize legal services.

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Plaintiffs' Attys Sanctioned In Tylenol MDL, Sparking Appeal

By Gianna Ferrarin

A New York federal court sanctioned a plaintiffs' firm and its co-founder in federal multidistrict litigation by families alleging that prenatal exposure to acetaminophen can cause autism, saying they improperly shared confidential information from the case in related state court actions.

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Senate Confirms 13 US Attorneys In En Bloc Vote

By Courtney Bublé

The Senate voted 46-45, along party lines, to confirm 13 U.S. attorneys on Monday as part of a larger nominations package.

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Pa. Law Firm, Doctors Can't Shake Uber, FedEx RICO Suit

By Linda Chiem

A Pennsylvania federal judge said Monday that Uber and FedEx offered extensive and detailed allegations to press ahead with their racketeering lawsuit accusing a Philadelphia personal injury firm and local healthcare providers of scheming to fabricate medical records to inflate accident claims.

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Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court

By Jarek Rutz

The Delaware Chancery Court this past week handled a varied mix of settlement approvals, political office disputes, transaction fights, emergency injunction bids and questions over how far the court can go to preserve records for litigation outside Delaware.

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